Includes index.

Originally published in Great Britain in 2005 by the Infinite Ideas Co.

Just say no -- Ask not what your clients can do for you -- Anyone here from outta town? -- Brief encounters -- It's all in the timing -- Sitting in the back row -- Sermons and snippets -- The feng-shui factor -- Life with lecterns -- Testing...testing -- Speaker flies undone -- And with us tonight... -- Another opening, another show -- One step at a time -- A funny thing happened on the way to the crematorium -- Laugh? I thought I'd never start -- Give yourself a hand -- Moving target -- What the bleep? -- Did everyone hear that? -- Don't leave it on the training ground -- It's a wrap -- I'm sorry, I'll read that again -- Marvo the memory man -- Can you tell what it is yet? -- Ish a pleasure (hic) to be here -- Raise your hand if... -- You're so vain -- Here's an example I found in my hotel room -- You can look at me or look at that -- Here's a picture of our new product upside down -- Come in, Houston -- I seem to have moved from 33-1/3 to 45 rpm -- Dreading the wedding -- Food, glorious food -- As I am sure you have read in the Times... -- Unaccustomed as I am -- Does my butt look big on that? -- What's really important here is... -- "As God once said, and I think quite rightly..." -- Uh-oh! -- And so, in conclusion... -- Now over to the judges -- Same time next year? -- You in the back. Yes, you... -- Here's one I prepared earlier -- Team A will be on the sofa by the fire doors -- Ich bin ein Berliner -- Thieving magpies -- Me and my airbrush -- I'm obviously earning 20 percent too much -- These guys are good.

An introduction to public speaking shares a series of practical guidelines on how to produce effective and interesting oral presentations, from creating the perfect wedding toast to mastering audiovisual equipment.